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THE GREAT BANK HEIST

Investigator’s Report to the Prudential Authority

VOLUME 1

ADVOCATE TERRY MOTAU SC

Assisted by

WERKSMANN'S ATTORNEYS

More than forty years ago the most daring heist in South Africa’s banking history took place.

A group of industrious thieves, led by the elusive Mister Nightingale, skillfully tunneled their way some twenty-one meters underground into the vault of the Standard Bank in Krugersdorp. The bold bank robbers withdrew the princely sum of R400 000.

They disappeared with the loot and no arrests were ever made.

I have, for the past five months, investigated the sorry affairs of the VBS Mutual Bank. My report will reveal that the perpetrators of the heist at VBS made away with almost R2 billion.

And they certainly did not put in anything like the hard work and effort of Mister Nightingale and his team.

I trust that, in this case, arrests will be made.

INTRODUCTION

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